2005–06 Nashville Predators season

The 2005–06 Nashville Predators season was the eighth season of the Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League. The Predators qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second consecutive season.

2005–06 Nashville Predators
Division	2nd Central
Conference	4th Western
2005–06 record	49–25–8
Goals for	259
Goals against	227
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Greg Johnson
Arena	Gaylord Entertainment Center
Team leaders
Goals	Paul Kariya Steve Sullivan (31)
Assists	Paul Kariya (54)
Points	Paul Kariya (85)
Penalty minutes	Darcy Hordichuk (163)
Wins	Tomas Vokoun (36)
Goals against average	Chris Mason (2.54)

Regular season

The Predators were the last team to record their first regulation loss of the regular season. They opened the season with an 8–0–1 stretch before losing at home to the Edmonton Oilers on October 29, 2005, 5–1.

• On March 9, 2006, David Legwand tied the record for the fastest regular season overtime goal scored (set on December 30, 1995, by Mats Sundin) when he scored just six seconds into the overtime period to give the Predators a 3–2 road win over the Vancouver Canucks.[1][2]
• On April 15, 2006, Chris Mason was credited for a goal when Phoenix Coyotes forward Geoff Sanderson shot the puck into his own net. Mason became the ninth NHL goaltender to score a goal and joined Damian Rhodes as the only goaltenders to be credited with a goal in both the American Hockey League and NHL.[3] In response, Mason said, "It was a cheesy goal. Someone else should have received it." [4]

Final standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	58	16	8	305	209	124
2	4	Nashville Predators	82	49	25	8	259	227	106
3	13	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	35	43	4	223	279	74
4	14	Chicago Blackhawks	82	26	43	13	211	285	65
5	15	St. Louis Blues	82	21	46	15	197	292	57

[5] Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference[6]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P- Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	58	16	8	305	209	124
2	Y- Dallas Stars	PA	82	53	23	6	265	218	112
3	Y- Calgary Flames	NW	82	46	25	11	218	200	103
4	X- Nashville Predators	CE	82	49	25	8	259	227	106
5	X- San Jose Sharks	PA	82	44	27	11	266	242	99
6	X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PA	82	43	27	12	254	229	98
7	X- Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	43	30	9	283	257	95
8	X- Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	41	28	13	256	251	95
8.5
9	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	42	32	8	256	255	92
8	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	42	35	5	249	270	89
11	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	38	36	8	231	215	84
12	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	38	39	5	246	271	81
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	35	43	4	223	279	74
14	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	26	43	13	211	285	65
15	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	21	46	15	197	292	57

Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Game log

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 5, 2005	3–2	San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	1–0–0
2	W	October 8, 2005	3–2 SO	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	2–0–0
3	W	October 12, 2005	5–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	3–0–0
4	W	October 13, 2005	5–4 SO	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	4–0–0
5	W	October 15, 2005	4–1	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	5–0–0
6	W	October 20, 2005	3–2 SO	St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	6–0–0
7	W	October 22, 2005	2–1	San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	7–0–0
8	W	October 25, 2005	5–3	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	8–0–0
9	L	October 26, 2005	2–3 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	8–0–1
10	L	October 29, 2005	1–5	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	8–1–1
11	L	November 1, 2005	1–4	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	8–2–1
12	L	November 2, 2005	2–3 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	8–2–2
13	L	November 5, 2005	2–3 SO	@ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	8–2–3
14	W	November 8, 2005	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	9–2–3
15	W	November 10, 2005	5–3	Dallas Stars (2005–06)	10–2–3
16	W	November 12, 2005	3–1	St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	11–2–3
17	W	November 15, 2005	3–2	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	12–2–3
18	L	November 19, 2005	2–4	@ Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	12–3–3
19	W	November 23, 2005	4–2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	13–3–3
20	W	November 24, 2005	4–3	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	14–3–3
21	L	November 26, 2005	1–3	Dallas Stars (2005–06)	14–4–3
22	W	November 29, 2005	2–0	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	15–4–3
23	W	December 1, 2005	2–1	Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	16–4–3
24	W	December 3, 2005	4–3 SO	Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06)	17–4–3
25	W	December 7, 2005	5–2	@ Washington Capitals (2005–06)	18–4–3
26	L	December 8, 2005	1–5	New York Rangers (2005–06)	18–5–3
27	L	December 10, 2005	3–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06)	18–6–3
28	L	December 13, 2005	3–7	@ Florida Panthers (2005–06)	18–7–3
29	W	December 15, 2005	5–3	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	19–7–3
30	W	December 17, 2005	7–3	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	20–7–3
31	W	December 20, 2005	3–2	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	21–7–3
32	W	December 21, 2005	6–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	22–7–3
33	W	December 23, 2005	5–4	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	23–7–3
34	W	December 27, 2005	4–3	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	24–7–3
35	L	December 28, 2005	3–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	24–8–3
36	L	December 30, 2005	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	24–9–3
37	L	January 1, 2006	2–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	24–10–3
38	L	January 3, 2006	0–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	24–11–3
39	W	January 4, 2006	4–3	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	25–11–3
40	L	January 6, 2006	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	25–12–3
41	W	January 8, 2006	5–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	26–12–3
42	W	January 10, 2006	2–1	New York Islanders (2005–06)	27–12–3
43	L	January 11, 2006	3–4 SO	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06)	27–12–4
44	L	January 13, 2006	4–5 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06)	27–12–5
45	W	January 15, 2006	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06)	28–12–5
46	L	January 19, 2006	3–4 SO	New Jersey Devils (2005–06)	28–12–6
47	W	January 21, 2006	7–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	29–12–6
48	W	January 23, 2006	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	30–12–6
49	W	January 24, 2006	2–1 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	31–12–6
50	L	January 26, 2006	1–5	@ Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	31–13–6
51	L	January 28, 2006	3–4	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	31–14–6
52	L	February 1, 2006	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (2005–06)	31–15–6
53	W	February 2, 2006	4–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	32–15–6
54	W	February 4, 2006	6–0	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	33–15–6
55	L	February 6, 2006	2–4	@ Dallas Stars (2005–06)	33–16–6
56	L	February 8, 2006	0–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	33–17–6
57	L	February 9, 2006	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	33–18–6
58	W	February 11, 2006	5–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	34–18–6
59	L	March 1, 2006	0–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	34–19–6
60	W	March 2, 2006	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	35–19–6
61	L	March 5, 2006	2–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	35–19–7
62	W	March 7, 2006	3–2	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	36–19–7
63	W	March 9, 2006	3–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	37–19–7
64	L	March 11, 2006	2–3 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	37–19–8
65	W	March 14, 2006	5–0	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	38–19–8
66	W	March 16, 2006	2–0	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	39–19–8
67	W	March 18, 2006	9–4	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	40–19–8
68	W	March 20, 2006	4–2	St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	41–19–8
69	W	March 21, 2006	3–2 SO	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	42–19–8
70	L	March 24, 2006	3–6	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	42–20–8
71	L	March 25, 2006	4–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	42–21–8
72	L	March 28, 2006	3–5	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	42–22–8
73	L	March 30, 2006	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	42–23–8
74	W	April 1, 2006	2–1	St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	43–23–8
75	L	April 3, 2006	1–3	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	43–24–8
76	L	April 5, 2006	3–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	43–25–8
77	W	April 6, 2006	3–0	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	44–25–8
78	W	April 8, 2006	2–1 SO	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	45–25–8
79	W	April 11, 2006	2–0	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	46–25–8
80	W	April 13, 2006	4–2	Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	47–25–8
81	W	April 15, 2006	5–1	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	48–25–8
82	W	April 18, 2006	6–3	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	49–25–8

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Paul Kariya	LW	82	31	54	85	40	-6	14	0	3
Steve Sullivan	RW	69	31	37	68	50	2	13	4	5
Yanic Perreault	C	69	22	35	57	30	-3	10	0	2
Kimmo Timonen	D	79	11	39	50	74	-3	8	0	1
Martin Erat	RW	80	20	29	49	76	0	5	0	1
Marek Zidlicky	D	67	12	37	49	82	8	10	0	1
Scott Hartnell	LW	81	25	23	48	101	8	10	2	8
Dan Hamhuis	D	82	7	31	38	70	11	4	1	1
Adam Hall	RW	75	14	15	29	40	0	10	0	5
David Legwand	C	44	7	19	26	34	3	0	0	5
Scottie Upshall	LW	48	8	16	24	34	14	1	0	2
Mike Sillinger	C	31	10	12	22	14	0	3	0	1
Greg Johnson	C	68	11	8	19	10	6	0	4	3
Scott Walker	RW	33	5	11	16	36	2	1	0	0
Ryan Suter	D	71	1	15	16	66	7	0	0	0
Jerred Smithson	C	66	5	9	14	54	9	0	0	1
Darcy Hordichuk	LW	74	7	6	13	163	9	0	0	1
Vernon Fiddler	C	40	8	4	12	42	-2	3	0	2
Danny Markov	D	58	0	11	11	62	9	0	0	0
Jordin Tootoo	RW	34	4	6	10	55	9	0	0	0
Shea Weber	D	28	2	8	10	42	8	2	0	1
Jeremy Stevenson	LW	35	4	3	7	74	0	0	0	0
Scott Nichol	C	34	3	3	6	79	3	0	1	0
Mark Eaton	D	69	3	1	4	44	-2	0	0	0
Kris Beech	C	5	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	0
Brendan Witt	D	17	0	3	3	68	5	0	0	0
Tomas Vokoun	G	61	0	2	2	26	0	0	0	0
Greg Zanon	D	4	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Chris Mason	G	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jamie Allison	D	20	0	1	1	45	-6	0	0	0
Brian Finley	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Simon Gamache	C	11	0	0	0	0	-6	0	0	0
Kevin Klein	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Pekka Rinne	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Tomas Vokoun	3601	61	36	18	7	160	2.67	4	1984	1824	.919
Chris Mason	1227	23	12	5	1	52	2.54	2	597	545	.913
Pekka Rinne	63	2	1	1	0	4	3.81	0	40	36	.900
Brian Finley	60	1	0	1	0	7	7.00	0	41	34	.829
Team:	4951	82	49	25	8	223	2.70	6	2662	2439	.916

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Paul Kariya	LW	5	2	5	7	0	0	2	0	0
Kimmo Timonen	D	5	1	3	4	4	0	0	1	0
Mike Sillinger	C	5	2	1	3	12	-1	1	0	0
Shea Weber	D	4	2	0	2	8	-3	1	0	0
Martin Erat	RW	5	1	1	2	6	-1	1	0	0
Dan Hamhuis	D	5	0	2	2	2	-2	0	0	0
Steve Sullivan	RW	5	0	2	2	0	-2	0	0	0
Adam Hall	RW	5	1	0	1	0	-3	1	0	1
Scott Hartnell	LW	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0
Vernon Fiddler	C	2	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Greg Johnson	C	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
David Legwand	C	5	0	1	1	8	-1	0	0	0
Marek Zidlicky	D	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Mark Eaton	D	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Danny Markov	D	5	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0
Chris Mason	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Nichol	C	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Yanic Perreault	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jerred Smithson	C	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Jordin Tootoo	RW	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Scottie Upshall	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Walker	RW	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Brendan Witt	D	5	0	0	0	12	-3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Chris Mason	296	5	1	4	17	3.45	0	171	154	.901
Team:	296	5	1	4	17	3.45	0	171	154	.901

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Playoffs

Nashville (4) vs. San Jose (5)
Date	Away	Home
April 21	San Jose 3	4 Nashville
April 23	San Jose 3	0 Nashville
April 25	Nashville 1	4 San Jose
April 27	Nashville 4	5 San Jose
April 30	San Jose 2	1 Nashville
San Jose wins series 4–1

Draft picks

Nashville's draft picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	18	Ryan Parent	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
3	78	Teemu Laakso	Finland	HIFK Jr. (Finland)
3	79	Cody Franson	Canada	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
5	150	Cal O'Reilly	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
6	176	Ryan Maki	United States	Harvard University (ECAC)
7	213	Scott Todd	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
7	230	Patric Hornqvist	Sweden	Väsby IK (Sweden)

References

1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200603090VAN.html
2. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199512300STL.html
3. "Goalie Mason scores, wins fifth straight as Preds top Yotes". 2006-04-15.
4. "NHL Power Rankings". CNN. 2006-04-18.
5. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
6. "2005–2006 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
7. "2005-06 Nashville Predators Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.